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Rihanna Gives Fans The Chance To Meet Her And Get Glammed Up By Her Squad
It’s one thing to get glammed up in Fenty Beauty, but it’s next level to get glammed up by Fenty Beauty. Rihanna and The Clara Li- onel Foundation are about to make someone’s wildest dreams their best Instagram- worthy reality. The pics will not be photoshopped.
Rihanna and the Clara Lionel Foundation, which supports and funds education and emergency response pro- grams around the world, are hosting an exclusive Fenty Beauty event to support the foundation’s groundbreaking initiatives.
One lucky winner and a friend will be flown out and put up in a 4-star hotel to at- tend the event. They’ll also
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get the full glam VIP treat- ment by the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna team (we’re talk- ing hair and makeup) before
the event. They’ll also get to meet the singer, take photos with her, and go home with a bag filled with Fenty Beauty goodies.
By the time the event is over you’ll feel so special, you just might walk like Ri- hanna.
Omaze, the online fundraising platform, is host- ing the contest. You can go to the official website to make a donation to the Clara Lionel Foundation, or to get more information about the con- test. No donation or purchase is necessary to enter or win.
The deadline to enter is February 13, 2020 at 11:59pm PT and the winner will be announced in March 2020.
Michael Jackson Tried To
Help End Beef With 50 Cent
The Game has plenty of tales to share from his storied career but the one about Michael Jackson playing mediator between him and 50 Cent has to be one of the best.
In an interview with HipHopDX Tuesday (Dec. 17), the rapper shared how the King of Pop seemed to be very interested in the rappers re- solving their now infamous beef.
The rapper has shared the story in the past thanks to "Better On The Other Side," his tribute to the late musician he released shortly after Jack- son's passing in 2009. Game looked back on the moment he received a call from Jack- son's team while on tour. The rapper says the call also came during the height of the beef where they absolutely hated each other.
“That was weird as f**k,” he said. “It’s like, this ain’t how I wanna meet Michael Jack- son or talk to Michael Jack- son." He was also confused about MJ's role in playing the
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middle man in the situation. “I kinda felt like Mike was on some lame s**t. Like, who sent you type s**t, but at the same time it was like, you know that voice Michael Jackson’s voice that you hear. Like, that n***a wasn’t talking like that. It was like, lowkey deep. You could still tell it was Michael Jackson but it was more like...it was like regular."
Roddy Ricch Earns No. 1 Album For His Debut, 'Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial'
Compton's Roddy Ricch came through with a No. 1 album for his Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial ef- fort, released Dec. 6. The Crip-turned-rapper's debut surpassed the late Juice WRLD's, Goodbye & Good Riddance and Death Race on the Billboard chart.
Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial debuted at No. 1 with the equivalent of 101,000 sales, however, most of that total comes from streaming. PEMFBA was streamed nearly 131 million times, while selling only
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3,000 copies of the album,
according the New York Times.
Also, XXXtentacion's posthumous album, Bad Vibes Forever, came in at No. 5, with Juice WRLD's Goodbye & Good Riddance landing at No. 6, and Death Race for Love topped out at No. 10.
In more Roddy Ricch news, the newcomer already has Grammy nominations for his contributions, thanks to his contributions to the late Nipsey Hussle's "Racks in the Middle," and DJ Mus- tard's "Ballin."
Diddy To Receive Industry Icon Honor At Clive Davis' Historic Pre-Grammy Gala
After celebrating his 50th birthday, Sean "Diddy" Combs has another celebra- tion to prep for. On Wednes- day (Dec. 18), the Recording Academy and Clive Davis announced the music mogul as their 2020 GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons honoree. After launching Bad Boy Records in 1993, he went on to help launch the careers of hip-hop icons like The Notorious B.I.G. and R&B royalty like Faith Evans.
“Clive Davis and Arista Records gave me a chance when I was starting Bad Boy Records, he was one of the
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first industry executives to really believe in me. I’m for- ever grateful for him,” said Sean Combs to VIBE. “To
behonoredatthisyear’sPre- GRAMMY Gala and receive the Industry Icons® Award is truly a blessing.”
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